Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa O. Monaco delivered remarks today at the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Criminal Division’s Cybersecurity Roundtable on “The Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape.”  In her remarks, DAG Monaco highlighted DOJ’s newly launched Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative.  According to DAG Monaco, the goal of this initiative is to use DOJ’s civil enforcement tools “to drive cybersecurity accountability.”  In particular, DAG Monaco announced that when government contractors “fail to follow required cybersecurity standards, or misrepresent their cybersecurity practices or capabilities,” DOJ’s “Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative will use the False Claims Act to both enforce civil fines on government contractors and grant recipients as well as protect whistleblowers who bring information forward.”

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